Assessment and measurement of social impact (AMSI)
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Difficulties in reaching regional exchange
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Special economic zone for social innovation (FPS) |
Gaining systematic insight into social enterprises |
Inobasque (Unceta et al., 2016Unceta, A., Castro-Spila, J., & García Fronti, J. (2016). Social innovation indicators. Innovation, 29(2), 192–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.1127137 https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.11...
) (Dainienė & Dagilienė, 2015Dainienė, R., & Dagilienė, L. (2015). A TBL Approach Based Theoretical Framework for Measuring Social Innovations. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 213, 275–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.537 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11...
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Lack of an appropriate level of analysis for measuring the social impact of SI
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A better discussion of the assessment level (meso/macro) (IDMSI) |
Dissemination of social innovation indicators at the organizational level |
Resindex (Sinnergiak, 2013Sinnergiak (2013). Resindex: A regional index to measure social innovation. http://www.simpact-project.eu/publications/indicators/2014_RESINDEX_eng.pdf http://www.simpact-project.eu/publicatio...
) (Unceta et al., 2016Unceta, A., Castro-Spila, J., & García Fronti, J. (2016). Social innovation indicators. Innovation, 29(2), 192–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.1127137 https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.11...
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Lack of experiences and motivations in measuring the social impact of SI
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To express an integrated vision of social innovation (DPBSI) |
Making a clear statement on the importance of social innovation and putting it on the agenda |
Sinnergiak (Sinnergiak, 2013Sinnergiak (2013). Resindex: A regional index to measure social innovation. http://www.simpact-project.eu/publications/indicators/2014_RESINDEX_eng.pdf http://www.simpact-project.eu/publicatio...
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Difficulties in differentiating the potentiality and realization of social innovations
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Identification of indicators that can measure the consequences for the development of indicators and also for the design of public incentives for social innovation (IDMSI) |
Exploring different capacities such as 1. knowledge capacities, 2. learning capacities |
Resindex (Sinnergiak, 2013Sinnergiak (2013). Resindex: A regional index to measure social innovation. http://www.simpact-project.eu/publications/indicators/2014_RESINDEX_eng.pdf http://www.simpact-project.eu/publicatio...
) (Unceta et al., 2016Unceta, A., Castro-Spila, J., & García Fronti, J. (2016). Social innovation indicators. Innovation, 29(2), 192–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.1127137 https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.11...
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Difficulties in quantifying the impact of social innovation
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Identification of macro indicators which can result from surveys and gathering of information that do refer to social innovation (IDMSI) |
Provide an approach to the conditions of context in which social innovations occur |
Tepsie (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) |
Risk or uncertainty presented during the social innovation process
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A common approach to defining steps to build a framework to measure the social impact of SI (IDMSI) |
Reduce failure in the innovation process |
Tepsie (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) |
Complexity and resilience of social systems
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Cooperation across multi-stakeholder environments to tackle those problems (PBESSI) |
Reduce the complexity of the social challenges addressed |
Tepsie (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) |
Difficulties in measuring outcomes of SI
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Predefine which outcomes should be achieved (IDMSI) |
Reduce failure in the innovation process |
Simpact / European Barcamp (Innovation Mapping Team – Nesta, 2019Innovation Mapping Team (Nesta) (2019). Innovation mapping now [Issue March].) (Simpact, 2014Simpact (2014). Social Innovation Evaluation Toolbox. Washington University Law Review, 92(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.2796/27492 https://doi.org/10.2796/27492...
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Determinization of the causation
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To relate the outcomes to the inputs (IDMSI) |
Assessment and measurement of impact |
Simpact / Eurpean Barcamp (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) (Simpact, 2014Simpact (2014). Social Innovation Evaluation Toolbox. Washington University Law Review, 92(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.2796/27492 https://doi.org/10.2796/27492...
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To calculate the impact of SI
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The impact assessment should be accompanied by a set of tests to check the results counterfactual nature. For each of the impacts, the degree of uncertainty (likelihood) should be estimated (IDMSI) |
Assessment and measurement of impact |
Simpact /Tepsie / Euopean Barcamp (Dainienė & Dagilienė, 2015Dainienė, R., & Dagilienė, L. (2015). A TBL Approach Based Theoretical Framework for Measuring Social Innovations. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 213, 275–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.537 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11...
) (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) (Simpact, 2014Simpact (2014). Social Innovation Evaluation Toolbox. Washington University Law Review, 92(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.2796/27492 https://doi.org/10.2796/27492...
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Difficulties in defining the decision process
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The impact assessment should be presented and discussed with the stakeholders (PBESSI) |
Raising awareness in the field of social impact |
Simpact/Tepsie/SINNERGIAK (Sinnergiak, 2013Sinnergiak (2013). Resindex: A regional index to measure social innovation. http://www.simpact-project.eu/publications/indicators/2014_RESINDEX_eng.pdf http://www.simpact-project.eu/publicatio...
) (Mendes et al., 2012Mendes, A., Batista, A., & Fernandes, L. (2012). Barriers to Social Innovation. A deliverable of the project: “The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe.Tepsie.) (Simpact, 2014Simpact (2014). Social Innovation Evaluation Toolbox. Washington University Law Review, 92(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.2796/27492 https://doi.org/10.2796/27492...
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